{"id":23034,"date":"2017-06-14T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=23034"},"modified":"2021-01-10T20:49:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T06:49:16","slug":"fast-food-news-long-john-silvers-hostess-deep-fried-twinkies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/06\/14\/fast-food-news-long-john-silvers-hostess-deep-fried-twinkies\/","title":{"rendered":"FAST FOOD NEWS: Long John Silver\u2019s Hostess Deep Fried Twinkies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Long-John-Silvers-Deep-Fried-Twinkies.jpg?resize=599%2C342\" alt=\"Long John Silvers Deep Fried Twinkies\" title=\"Long John Silvers Deep Fried Twinkies.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"599\" height=\"342\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Long John Silver&#8217;s is offering Hostess Deep Fried Twinkies. Oh wait. I should&#8217;ve ended the opening sentence with a question mark. Long John Silver&#8217;s is offering Hostess Deep Fried Twinkies?<\/p>\n<p>To be honest, I&#8217;m surprised the seafood chain is offering this. Deep Fried Twinkies seem more like something up Burger King&#8217;s greasy alley. Although, looking at the picture above, the treat looks like a giant fish stick.<\/p>\n<p>According to Long John Silver&#8217;s, the dessert features a traditional Hostess Twinkie that&#8217;s lightly battered and deep fried. It&#8217;s currently only available in Pittsburgh and St. Louis at participating locations for 99 cents until July 23. The chain plans to rollout the sweet treat to the rest of the country later this year.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve tried it, let us know what you think of it in the comments.<\/p>\n<p><i>(Image via Long John Silver&#8217;s)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long John Silver&#8217;s is offering Hostess Deep Fried Twinkies. Oh wait. I should&#8217;ve ended the opening sentence with a question mark. Long John Silver&#8217;s is offering Hostess Deep Fried Twinkies? To be honest, I&#8217;m surprised the seafood chain is offering this. Deep Fried Twinkies seem more like something up Burger King&#8217;s greasy alley. Although, looking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1429],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fast-food-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24244,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/08\/29\/fast-food-news-long-john-silvers-sweet-n-tangy-panko-butterfly-shrimp\/","url_meta":{"origin":23034,"position":0},"title":"FAST FOOD NEWS: Long John Silver&#8217;s Sweet n&#8217; Tangy Panko Butterfly Shrimp","author":"Marvo","date":"August 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Long John Silver's newest seafood creation is the Sweet n' Tangy Panko Butterfly Shrimp. 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